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The British Government had made a new law stating that there shall now be tax on tea and it was passed by the Parliment on May 10th 1773

They had then announced that there will now be tax on tea for the Americans.

There were enraged that the British was basically making them pay for their debt of the 7 years war.﻿

MAYBE THIS WILL GET THEIR ATTENTION!﻿

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!!﻿

On March 5th 1770, a street brawl happened between the American Colonists and British Soldiers in Boston, Masachussetts. They were filled with rage because of all the British Soldiers roaming their streets. This is another reason why the American Colonists were angry with the British, not only did they "roam the streets" but they also made them pay tax on tea.

These are some of the sons of liberty dressed up as native Americans and they smuggled 342 chests of tea onto the ships docked at Griffins Wharf.

Because the British was not listening they thought that this would surely capture their attention and it did. The Sons of lIberty had dumped 342 chest of British Tea in to to the water by Griffins Wharf.﻿